أَهلاًwelcome بذاتto her adorned with قلائدٍnecklaces وشنوفِand earrings
أَهلاً بذات قلائدٍ وشنوفِ
حيَّتshe greeted فأحيتand so she revived مهجةthe heart المشغوفِthe enraptured one
حيَّت فأحيت مهجة المشغوفِ
Welcome to her who wears necklaces and earrings.
Greetings, O bearer of necklaces and anklets
She offered greetings and revived the enraptured one's heart.
You have revived a passionate heart by your greeting
منَّgraciously bestowed الكريمthe generous man بهاwith her عليَّupon me رسالةًa letter
منَّ الكريم بها عليَّ رسالةً
تًفدَىshe is ransomed بكلwith every وصيفةٍyoung female servant ووصيفِand young male servant
تًفدَى بكل وصيفةٍ ووصيفِ
The generous man bestowed her upon me—a letter
The generous one has honored me with a message
Worth ransoming with every handmaid and page.
That can be ransomed for any female confidant
ذاكthat الأديبthe man of letters الكاملَthe accomplished العَلَمthe luminary الذيwho
ذاك الأديب الكاملَ العَلَم الذي
أَوصافهُhis qualities دلَّتpointed علىto الموصوفِthe one described
أَوصافهُ دلَّت على الموصوفِ
That accomplished man of letters, that luminary whose
That complete scholar, the flag of knowledge
Qualities revealed the man they describe.
Whose traits point to the described
وكفىand sufficient is بهِhe عُمَريَّan ʿUmari مجدٍglory تالدٍancestral
وكفى بهِ عُمَريَّ مجدٍ تالدٍ
منof مجدglory يلتقيjoins بطَريفِwith newly won glory
من مجد يلتقي بطَريفِ
And he is indeed an ʿUmari of ancestral glory,
And his enduring magnificent glory suffices me
A glory that joins with newly won renown.
A glory that meets the edge of a sword
الناظمthe stringer الدُرَرthe pearls اليتامَىpeerless خُرَّداًbashful maidens
الناظم الدُرَر اليتامَى خُرَّداً
تبدوappear منfrom القرطاسthe page تحتbeneath سجوفِveils
تبدو من القرطاس تحت سجوفِ
The stringer of peerless pearls—bashful maidens
The composer strings together precious pearls
Appearing from the page beneath veils.
That appear from under the paper's cover
ياO روضةَgarden العلمlearning التيwhich منfrom دَوحهاits spreading trees
يا روضةَ العلم التي من دَوحها
تجنيgather القرائحُcreative minds دانياتِwithin reach قطوفِfruit clusters
تجني القرائحُ دانياتِ قطوفِ
O garden of learning, from whose spreading trees
O garden of knowledge from which
Creative minds gather clusters of fruit within reach.
Intellects pick the lowest hanging fruits
أَهديتنيyou gave me مدحاًpraise بهِwith it أَغرقتنيyou drowned me
أَهديتني مدحاً بهِ أَغرقتني
فيin بحرa sea فضلٍbounty لمnot يكنwas بخفيفِat all slight
في بحر فضلٍ لم يكن بخفيفِ
You gave me praise, with which you drowned me
You have gifted me with praise that has drowned me
In a sea of bounty that was by no means slight.
In an ocean of virtue that was not meager
عَظُمَتgrew immense عليَّupon me بحسنthrough the graciousness of جودكَyour generosity منَّةٌa debt of gratitude
عَظُمَت عليَّ بحسن جودكَ منَّةٌ
ثَقُلَتweighed heavily علىupon عزمٍresolve لديَّwithin me نحيفِfrail
ثَقُلَت على عزمٍ لديَّ نحيفِ
Through your gracious generosity, my debt of gratitude grew immense,
The favor of your generosity has burdened me
Weighing heavily on the frail resolve within me.
With a task too heavy for my feeble resolve
ومقابلُand one who reciprocates الفضلآءِmen of merit يَأمَنُis safe ضعفُهُhis weakness
ومقابلُ الفضلآءِ يَأمَنُ ضعفُهُ
بإزآءِin the presence of حلمهمِtheir forbearance منfrom التعنيفِharsh rebuke
بإزآءِ حلمهمِ من التعنيفِ
And the weakness of one who repays men of merit is safe
And the recompense of noble men is secured
From harsh rebuke, in the presence of their forbearance.
From their forbearance of criticism
وتمامand the perfection of فضلmerit البارعينthe accomplished أُوليpossessors of النُهَىreason
وتمام فضل البارعين أُولي النُهَى
اغضآءُaverting طرفٍthe gaze عنfrom قصورshortcomings ضعيفِa weak person
اغضآءُ طرفٍ عن قصور ضعيفِ
And the crowning merit of the accomplished, endowed with reason,
And the hallmark of skilled men of wisdom
Is turning a blind eye to a weak person's shortcomings.
Is overlooking the faults of the weak
Sol 6.1